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The
Temporary Restraining Order against Carlyle Community Unit
School District #1 issued by Clinton County Judge Don Sheafor
Monday stems from a case challenging keeping a student from
in-person education over allegations the student was in contact
with someone who may have tested positive.
Attorney Thomas DeVore brought the case in Clinton County on
behalf of Ronald Peters, a parent.
Sheafor’s order says the district is “enjoined from excluding
[the unidentified student] from the facilities for being an
individual public health risk unless an order of quarantine
issues against [the student] from the local health department as
required by the Illinois State Board of Education.”
“The court was clear that due process was being violated by the
school district as an order of quarantine issued by the health
department was necessary to suspend the children's right to an
in-person education,” DeVore said of the order. “The judge said
we have a dictatorship if due process is not afforded to
people.”
The district could not be reached for comment.
A hearing on a preliminary injunction is set for Sept. 27.
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